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In biology, and specifically genetics, epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression or cellular phenotype caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence – hence the name epi- (Greek: επί- over, above, outer) -genetics. It refers to functionally relevant modifications to the genome that do not involve a change in the nucleotide sequence. Examples of such changes are DNA methylation and histone modification, both of which serve to regulate gene expression without altering the underlying DNA sequence. Conclusive evidence supporting epigenetics show that these mechanisms can enable the effects of parents' experiences to be passed down to subsequent generations.
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- Related: B chromosome, Baldwin effect, Behavioral epigenetics, Centromere, Computational epigenetics, DNA demethylation, Emergenesis, Epigenetics in psychology, Epigenetic theory, Epigenomics, Evolutionary capacitance, Extranuclear inheritance, Histone code, Hologenome theory of evolution, Human genome, Molecular biology, Nutriepigenomics, Preformationism, Somatic epitype, Synthetic genetic array, Weismann barrier
| review (2009) to add to refs review (2009) to add to refs www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19378334 - Web |
| The Human Epigenome Project (HEP) The Human Epigenome Project (HEP) www.epigenome.org - Web |
| The Epigenome Network of Excellence (NoE) The Epigenome Network of Excellence (NoE) www.epigenome-noe.net/index.php - Web |
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| The Epigenome Network of Excellence (NoE)- public ... The Epigenome Network of Excellence (NoE)- public international site www.epigenome.eu - Web |
| DNA Is Not Destiny DNA Is Not Destiny discovermagazine.com/2006/nov/cover - Web |
| BBC – Horizon – 2005 – The Ghost In Your Genes BBC – Horizon – 2005 – The Ghost In Your Genes www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml - Web |
| Epigenetics article Epigenetics article www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2002/november/epigenetics.htm - Web |
| Towards a global map of epigenetic variation Towards a global map of epigenetic variation genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX036556.html - Web |
